Sentence examples for decent intelligence from inspiring English sources
But, as the details from the Al Majalah show, even the best-intentioned public servants operating with what appears to be decent intelligence can get things horribly wrong.
What separates them from everyone else are certain ways of thinking and reasoning that anyone of decent intelligence can learn, Tetlock says — if they're willing to put in the work.
It would help if politicians were less quick to exploit scandals and more willing to defend the idea that in a dangerous world Germany really does need a decent intelligence service.
Mr. Steinhauer's book also operates on the principle that this story's secrets can be coaxed forth only indirectly "because it's a known fact that no decent intelligence operative believes anything he's told".
With aerial surveillance and decent intelligence, the United States will likely know if Hezbollah, for example, starts looting the Syrian stockpile.
As the Guardian's Luke Harding discovered in his encounters with Edward Snowden, a smartphone can very quickly be turned into a microphone by any half-decent intelligence operative (the solution, apparently, is to stick it in a cocktail shaker).
Neither a dim bulb nor a reimagined but unlikely spin on the old fellow -- just a decent, intelligent guy who is awed by Holmes' intelligence but willing to call his friend to the carpet when necessary as well.
In a mature, responsible, polity this kind of insult to decent opinion and intelligence would have immediate and dire consequences.
He also spoke with pride about his record as a career K.G.B. officer, pointing out that former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger had once told him that "all decent people start out in intelligence," as Mr. Kissinger did.
Mr. Ridge, a decent politician with no expertise in intelligence or counterterrorism, is a frivolous choice for security czar.
Once again, he leaves it acclaimed as England's catalyst, having provided intelligence, vision and a decent post-match interview.
